$134 · Roman empress Faustina 138 AD - 140 AD

For sale from private collection this ancient Denarius struck for Roman Empress Annia Galeria Faustina the Elder, sometimes referred to as Faustina I or Faustina Major was a Roman empress and wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius. The emperor Marcus Aurelius was her nephew and later became her adopted son, along with Emperor Lucius Verus. She died early in the principate of Antoninus Pius, but continued to be prominently commemorated as a diva, posthumously playing a prominent symbolic role during his reign. . DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / CERES, Ceres standing left, holding grain ears and long torch. Size 18mm HAVE A LOOK AT MY OTHER ADS FOR MORE